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T. LEBKUEUHER.

BRACELET.

No. 324,125. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

. T. LEBKUEOHER.

BRACELET.

I No. 324,125. Patented Aug.-11, 1885.

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THOMAS LEBKUEGHER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

B RAC ELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,125, dated August 11, 1885.

Application filed December 13, 1884.

Improvements in Bracelets; and I do hereby deolarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to increase the security of a bracelet when the same is fastened upon the wearers wrist, to produce a novel and beautiful effect in ornamenting the wrist, and to enable the bracelet to conform more nearly to the shape of the wrist.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved bracelet, indicated as being arranged on the wrist. Fig. 2 is a plan of the bracelet when opened and detached from the arm. Fig. 3 is a side view of a detached portion of the bracelet; and Fig. 4 is aplan of a portion of theinside of the bracelet,illustrating the catch. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a side view of a bracelet relieved of ornament to more clearly illustrate the construct-ion and relation of parts.

Referring to said drawings, a a are sections of a bracelet, hinged or pivoted together at b,

and having ends or wings c c, which overlap when the bracelet is closed, as in Fig. 1, the two said wings or ends 0 0 together forming the upper of the two longer sides of the bracelet for the back of the wrist. The upper or projecting ends, 0 c, are formed to lie diagonally with respect to the lower or hinged portions, 0 c, of the bracelet, whereby the said bracelet is caused to conform more closely to the shape of the wrist, a space or spaces being formed at theside edges of the bracelet, where the upper diagonal portion for the back of thewrist and the lower portion, which lies straight across the lower side of the wrist, meet,

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for the projecting joint portions of the wristbones, as indicated in said Fig. 1.

When the lower portions, 0 c, are turned pivotally, the diagonal portions 0 0 separate laterally, and thus form comparatively alarge aperture for the withdrawal of thehand. The said overlapping ends 0 care linked together, the ends of the link or bar d being pivoted or otherwise attached thereto at c, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Each extremity of the sections a c is provided with holding-lugs e e, which, when said parts are closed together, enter into engagement with a co-operating spring-catch, f, and serve to hold the parts of the bracelet together when adjusted upon the wrist.

The peculiar arrangement of the link with I,

the pivoted sections makes it necessary for the said sections to spring laterally a little when opened. This spring action is sufficient or greatly aids to hold the bracelet closed, even though the sect-ions be unclasped, and reduces the danger of the bracelet being accidentally unclasped and the bracelet opened.

A peculiar feature of this bracelet consists in the arrangement of the upper or orna mental portion for the back of the wrist, in this case composed of the wings a and link cl, and the lower portion, 0, for the front of the wrist. When the bracelet is clasped on the wrist and viewed in plan, as in Fig. 1, said upper or ornamental portion, as a whole, lies diagonally across the wrist, and also the lower or opposite portion of the bracelet, the latter portion lying directlyacross at right angles with the wrist. V

This novel construction of the bracelet is not only productive of peculiarly pleasing effects of ornamentation, but also, because of its pe culiar conformity to the shape of the wrist, produces a pleasant sensation of ease to the wearer. a

I am aware thatit is common to manufacture bracelets the free ends of which overlap, and that in some cases these overlapping ends have been connected by a link or connective, and these features I do not claim; but as the ornamental parts for the back of the wristin the cases referred to do not,when taken asawhole, lie at angles to the opposite parts for thefront of the wrist, they do not illustrate my inveution.

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Having thus Q ribcd the i11vention,what I together by a link or bar, said parts being at" claim as new is ranged and combined substantially as and for l. The bracelet herein shown and described, the purposes set forth and shown. having sides for the back and front or upper In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 15 5 and lower sides of the wrist, of which sides the have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of Deupper, as a whole, lies diagonally across the cember, 1884. lower, forming edge spaces, substantially as 1 Set forth THOMAS LEBKUEOHER.

2. In a bracelet, hinged sections, as a a,hav- Witnesses: 1o ing catches and lugs to engage therewith, said OLIVER DRAKE,

sections overlappingeach other,andbeingheld H. A. HAUSSLING. 

